Samsung DLP HDTV - How does it sound?

After a great deal of research I FINALLY ordered the
Samsung HL-S6187W 61" 1080p DLP HDTV. The speaker
system is described like this:


"Two stereo speakers, 10 watts apiece (20 watts total);
SRS TruSurround XT virtual surround; Dual Acoustic
Chamber System"


How does this set sound without auxiliary speakers?
I'm actually considering getting the Polk Atrium 45p
powered speakers to enhance the sound.


-Thanks

I have a 6188 with the same sound system as yours. Audio is fine for voice,
but is a far cry from the fidelity required that would be comparable with
the outstanding video of this receiver.

I'm not familiar with the speakers you mention, but they don't sound like
much of an improvement. I expect most people who spend the money for this
TV would not be satisfied without a first class audio system. You should go
to a retailer and listen to some speakers.


"James Egan" wrote in message
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After a great deal of research I FINALLY ordered the
Samsung HL-S6187W 61" 1080p DLP HDTV. The speaker
system is described like this:


"Two stereo speakers, 10 watts apiece (20 watts total);
SRS TruSurround XT virtual surround; Dual Acoustic
Chamber System"


How does this set sound without auxiliary speakers?
I'm actually considering getting the Polk Atrium 45p
powered speakers to enhance the sound.


-Thanks

"Joel Graffman" wrote in message
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"James Egan" wrote in message
. ..
After a great deal of research I FINALLY ordered the
Samsung HL-S6187W 61" 1080p DLP HDTV. The speaker
system is described like this:

"Two stereo speakers, 10 watts apiece (20 watts total);
SRS TruSurround XT virtual surround; Dual Acoustic
Chamber System"

How does this set sound without auxiliary speakers?
I'm actually considering getting the Polk Atrium 45p
powered speakers to enhance the sound.

-Thanks


I have a 6188 with the same sound system as yours. Audio is fine for
voice,
but is a far cry from the fidelity required that would be comparable with
the outstanding video of this receiver.

I'm not familiar with the speakers you mention, but they don't sound like
much of an improvement. I expect most people who spend the money for
this
TV would not be satisfied without a first class audio system. You should
go
to a retailer and listen to some speakers.


My RCA has the SRS WOW virtual surround. It adds some "depth" but calling it
surround is misleading at best. The bad news was I got so caught up with
inputs forgot to look at outputs and that it doesn't have digital audio out.
The good news is the analog Dolby surround sounds much better on the 5
speaker(KLH) home sound system than it ever did from a stereo VCR. It
actually sounds like surround. It's good enough that I'm no longer thinking
of getting a digital 5.1 surround receiver even though the media player does
support it. Probably will add a subwoofer now though.
IOW it takes surround speakers to get surround sound.
YMMV